Method of ornamenting bricks.



F. A.v HolLEs. METHOD 0F ORNAMENTING BRICKS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5. 1915.

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FRANK A. HOILES, 0F ALLIANCE, OHIO.

MIEI'IIHOD OF ORNAMENTING BRICKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed January 5, 191'5. Serial No. 572.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known-that I, FRANK A. HoILEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark'and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods for.' Ornamenting Bricks, of which the followlng 1s a specification. V j

This invention'reltes to the process of ornamenting the face -or faces of brick, and has for its object to .render the process more eiicient and of wide scope, so far as the ornamentation of the face or faces of the brick is concerned. This object, together :with other objects readily apparent to those skilled in the art, I attain by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, although my invention may be embodied in other forms, the construction illustrated bein chosen by way of example.

v In the drawings- Figure ,l is a view showing, in a conventional way, a die designed to shape the clay to be afterward cut, in any well known manner, into brick of the desired size. Fig. 2 is a v1ew illustrating, in a conventional way, the die'and the devices for first plowing or roughening the surface, and second is employed for softening and making more yielding the surface of the brick after it has been plowed or roughened. Fig. 3 is a sectional View showing two bricks in section and an ornamenting impression sheet placed in proper relative position. Fig. 4 is a view showing a number of brick placed side by side andthe ornamenting sheet placed upon the faces of the bricks. Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary views of ornamenting sheets designed to be placed in position to produce the proper and desired ornamentation. Fig. 7 is a View showing the method of placing a number of brick upon a truck or other support and the proper position of a series of ornamenting sheets placed in proper position. Fig. 8 1s a bottom plan view of -the' steam jet pipe. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view through the clay column.

Throughout the several views similar ref erence numerals indicate similar parts.

My improved process or method is carried out in substantially the following manner: The bar l is connected, in any convenient and well known manner, to the die 2, pref-y.

erably by suitable clamping bolts. Tothe hesively seated uponthe body of clay.

' bar liare attached the d esired number of plowing or furrowing pins 3 which pins are located in inclined positions with reference to the flow of clay, said pins being inclined downward for the purpose of better plowing or furrowing the flow of clay. For the purpose of regulating the depth of the furrows, the pins 3 are adjustably attached to the bar 1 bv'means of suitable set screws 4 or their equivalent.

. For the purpose of softening and making more plastic the clay upon the face, designed to be ornamented, I provide the pipe 5 to which pipe is attached the supply pipe 6, said supply pipe being for thepurpose' of conveying steam to the pipe 5, which steam is delivered upon the face of the How of clay, said steam passingv through suitable apertures formed in the bottom or underside of the pipe 5.

It will be understood that by subjecting the-face of a flow of clay to a jet of steam that any loose particles of clay will be ad- B subjecting the face of the flow of clay lto il jet of steam, the plowed' or roughened surface will be .moistened, owing to the fact that While .the 'clay is necessarily in a plastic state thevsteam will have a tendency to penetrate to a certain extent the body, of the clay,

thereby making it more plastic and pliable;

In further carrying out my improved process the fiow of clay, -after it has been plowed and subjected to `a .jet of steam, is cut to produce the desired size of brick. After the bricks have thus been' formed they are hacked upon a truck, such as 7, the lower tier of brick being. arranged to bring their faces designed to be ornamented up-l ward. 'After the proper number of brick have been placed in position to produce the lower tier of brick, the ornamenting sheet 8 isplaced in the position illustrated in Fig. 4. This ornamentin sheet may be of many kinds 'and styles am? of any material, such pas wire gauze, paper or thin sheets. After the ornamenting sheet 8 is placed in position the next, or second, tier of brick are placed with their todbe ornamented faces placed f 'downward so as to'come in contact with the ornamenting sheet. Thenext, or third, tier of brick are-placed with their smooth or untreated faces downward and no ornament- -ing sheet placed between the second and tion. By placing the ornamenting sheets'V in fthe position above described and just after subjecting the same to a jet of steam the surfaces of the brick coming in contact with the ornamenting sheets will be given the configuration or ornamentation correspond ing substantially with the form -or ornamentation of the sheets, owing to the fact that the plastic material will be embedded or in other words the sheets will be embedded in the plastic material. It' will also be understood that the sheets will also prevent the adjacent faces of the soft or plastic brick from adhering to each other.

It will' be understood that the process to which this invention pertains has to do with the ornamentation or formation of the brick but in order to produce a brick after carrying out theabove described process they must be treated in theusual manner as to drying and burning, buty such drying and burning does not `enter into the present invention.

. t willl be understood that by placing the ornamenting sheets, whether formed of metal or of any other material, between the tiers of brick they will prevent the brick from adhering to each other so that the brick can be easily removed and at the same time prevent any injury by reason ofthe brick adhering to each other, thereby disiig'uring the ornamentation.

Having fully described my invention what means I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. The method of ornamenting brick consisting of shaping the material into rectangular form, plowing the face into furrows, subjecting the furrowed face to a jet of steam, cutting the form into bricks and hacking the bricks While still moist with the furrowed faces adjacent each otherand a separating sheet located between the furrowed faces of the bricks.

2. The method of ornamenting brick consisting in shaping the material into form, roughening the. face of said form, subjecting said roughened face to a jet of steam, cutting said form into bricks after subjecte. ing the same to a jet of steam, hacking said bricks while still moist, placing a separat- .ing` and ornamenting strip between tiers of bricks with their roughened faces adjacent each other.

3. The method' of ornamenting brick consisting in shaping the material into form` roughening the face of said form, subjecting said roughened face to a jet of steam, cutting said form into bricks after subjecting the same to a jet of steam, hacking said bricks while still moist, placing a separating and ornamenting strip between tiers of bricks with their roughened and steam treated faces adjacent each other.

In testimony that l claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK A. HOLES.

Witnesses:

SYLVIA BORON, J. H. BISHOP. 

